Post Date
Nov 21 2024

Opportunities and Challenges for Agri-food Trade between Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan

The research goal was to analyse potentials and benefits and barriers for Agri-food trade between Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. According to official statistics, trade between these countries is represented very poorly despite its great potential especially in agricultural sector. This research investigation employed mixed methods to understand the current status-quo qualitatively, while establishing a certain level of causality between various factors affecting Agritrade between Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan quantitatively. It included analysis of legislation, trade regime (barriers) and practices such as recognition of certificates, tax regimes, exemptions, custom clearance etc., desktop research of existing literature, quantitative analysis of available bilateral trade data and in-depth interviews with stakeholders.